Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … old cosmetics?

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:37:56 +0000

Throw it out!

By: Jadah

Jadah — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:33:03 +0000

I found an article saying that Origins cosemtics stores and counters were taking any empty cosmetic containers and recycling them – in case you can’t find another way to reuse an empty container.

(the article was titled “Recycle cosmetics cases at Origins” by Siel Ju on the Mother Nature Network – mnn.com)

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By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:43:00 +0000

They wouldn’t take them. Using someone’s old cosmetics is littered with bacteria.

By: nishita

nishita — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:16:19 +0000

what do you with used up containers?? like after the powder is done & done for what do you with compacts & mascaras?

ive a good collection of these & im looking for a good way before i finally re-use them to make random stuff..

By: Ruti

Ruti — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:37:50 +0000

You could use a make up brush to put your lipstick on, so that youuse up the very last bits – make up artists seem to do this anyhow.

Any bronzers or powdered make up could be used for kids pictures – just use prit stick and you have a cheap alternative to glitter. You may want to fix it after though e.g. with hair spray or by laminating the finished piece.

By: lucy

lucy — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:53:43 +0000

here r some tips on old “new” makeup.

old or cracked blush:
mix it with some aquafor or vasaline and it makes a shinny new lip gloss (or cream blush)

to dark or to lights foundation:
for when its to dark add a thick skin sensitve sunblock and for when its to light sprinkel in some powder bronser untill desired color.

craked or old nude shimmery eyeshadow:
mix with aquafor(not vasaline) to make a skin hilighter.

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:15:43 +0000

You can use powdered eye shadows and blush to create gift cards! Take a rubber stamp of an image, stamp it on plain cardstock and use a brush to color in the image. it comes out soft, but layering makes it deeper/brighter. i do this with bird stamps

By: marie

marie — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:28:41 +0000

petroleum jelly shouldn’t be used for cosmetics
http://www.health-report.co.uk/petroleum_petrolatum_health_concerns.htm

By: su

su — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:33:08 +0000

http://craftyvixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e

By: su

su — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:29:56 +0000

I wonder if we could use them as art supplies. Lipstick and eye make up and everything else can probably be used as paint if it is mixed with other things like resin and varnish and whatever you make paint out of. I have been thinking the same thing. Eye pencils are also good for crayons and sketching, especially when they dry out. There are artists who use those sugar peeps to make art. Why not make up of all kinds?

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By: Elouise

Elouise — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:59:54 +0000

I heard of a shelter for young women with HIV at which the caregivers were focus on restoring dignity to girls by doing their hair, faces, nails and so on. Why not offer unwanted cosmetics to shelters for women or hospices who have similar approaches?

By: matty

matty — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:14:11 +0000

I think you should have a slumber party and put makeup on people and have some fun with you girls. ya that would be great wouldn’t it??

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:11:18 +0000

awsome

By: Trisha

Trisha — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:04:48 +0000

You can mix powders and eye shadows with polymer clay to give it a marbled look.

By: marta

marta — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:34:15 +0000

auctally you can no melt alip stick because it will get hard…………..

By: Marissa

Marissa — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:04:25 +0000

????

By: Marissa

Marissa — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:03:21 +0000

Sometimes your local drugstore will recylce old lipstick contsiners.

By: trish

trish — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:05:09 +0000

take an old pill box and put each lipstick in its own section, use a small lipstick brush to apply to your lips.

compacts, keep them for the mirror, you can stash some cash in where the powder used to be.

i’ve also heard of mixing the colors with a shortening, and using the coloring on your lips/eyes. i dunno if i’d want grease on my face though… maybe mix it with some facial lotion?

By: sum1

sum1 — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:11:34 +0000

you could melt all your lipsticks into a pot, and make a completley new lipgloss

By: Amanda Kerik

Amanda Kerik — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:57:51 +0000

Most of the powders can be mixed with petroleum jelly to be made into eyeshadow / lipstick.

Some people use lipstick as a tint when they’re making homemade lip balms.

Clean the mascara off of the wands and use them as eyebrow brushes.

I’ve heard of some people using the powders as tints in craft paints (usually white, but it would work with others I assume)

Use them as semi-paints in crafts then spray with fixing spray.

Most of the make-up has horrible chemicals in it – including formaldehyde!

Maybe you could wet the powders down with water, let it dry and use it as chalk?

By: Cadan ap Tomos

Cadan ap Tomos — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:11:23 +0000

Urm…. dressing up?

God, my typing is crap today, i made 5 mistakes in that top bit, and probably loads more here!

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:06:24 +0000

Give the lipstick to your local handyman or general contractor, who can use it to mark drywall for electrical boxes.

Your neighborhood 10-year-old sleuth might be interested in the powdered eye shadow when learning to dust for fingerprints.

By: M Bootle

M Bootle — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:55:41 +0000

Not really creating them but you could probably added powdered blusher or eye shadow to a white paint to get a subtle – or not so subtle – matt colour. Might be a nice idea for a make-up loving teens room with shiiny lipstick coloured gloss work.

By: anna

anna — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:20:54 +0000

I don’t know the answer, but surely there must be an option of creating paints?

By: s0ndy

s0ndy — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:44:13 +0000

Host a costume party, make the theme something ridiculous like ‘dance party or clown mania.’ It would be a great way for you to go crazy with your excessive stash of make up and you can do your friends make up too.

By: Victoria Finney

Victoria Finney — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 21:38:48 +0000

kids…bored…entertainment! yay! Hours of peace and quiet.